Ayodele Oritsejafor, a famous Nigerian pastor and founder of the Word of Life Bible Church (WLBC) based in Warri, Delta State, has narrated how he survived cancer.
Mr. Oritsejafor, a former National President of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), recounted his experience to his congregation during one of his church's programmes and posted the video on his official Instagram page on Monday.
However, the former president of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) did not reveal the type of cancer he was suffering from, saying it was “an aggressive cancer.”
The author of Walking in Unity said: “How can you face cancer and still be like this? But I haven’t told you. When I went to America, full of cancer, you didn’t know. I didn’t tell you. I look normal because this is my way of life.”
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Mr. Oritsejafor also revealed that an acquaintance of his died from the same disease that he survived.
Mr Oritsejafor added that on the day he left for the UK to seek medical care, an acquaintance of his, whom he did not name, also travelled to the UK to receive treatment for the same cancer.
“When I was going to America, someone I know was going to the UK with the same type of cancer. It’s an aggressive cancer. I went to America; he went to the UK. The day I got on the plane, going back to Nigeria, he was in a coffin, going back to Nigeria. Can you hear me? I was standing. I got on the plane, but he didn’t.
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“I am no better than him, but God remembered me, he remembered my heart. I have always had a heart for God. I said to God: if you save me from this, I will double my service. I will serve you twice as much. And he saved me and brought me home. I will sing about the goodness of God,” he added.
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Mr. Oritsejafor founded his church, WLBC, on November 15, 1987, after giving his life to God at the Church of God Mission, Benin City, under Archbishop Benson Idahosa.
In March, Mr. Oritsejafor expressed concern about the current state of Christianity and the people entering the ministry today.
Furthermore, he advised young people to refrain from falsely claiming that God called them when He did not.